According to the official website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the team led by Academician Gui Jianfang of the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently released the latest research results. After more than a year of efforts, they have bred a boneless chub fish using gene technology and precision fish breeding technology.
The so-called "Xitou fish" is actually a crucian carp, and in this case, it corresponds to a mutant silver crucian carp without intramuscular spines. Experts explained that several of these "new silver crucian carp" swam nimbly in the water, and their appearance and behavior were not much different from ordinary Xitou fish.
People in Wuhan love to eat fish, and the delicate and delicious flesh of the Chinese sturgeon is one of their favorites. However, the Chinese sturgeon has many fine bones that can easily get stuck in the throat, causing considerable annoyance. Recently, Academician Gui Jianfang's team at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, released their latest research results. After more than a year of effort, they have created a boneless Chinese sturgeon using gene technology and precision fish breeding techniques.
Experts explain that "boneless" here refers to the absence of intermuscular spines, not bones. Intermuscular spines are small, membranous, bony spines located between the muscles on either side of the vertebrae in fish. When eating fish, most people know that fish bones are easy to remove, but fish bones are difficult. The saying that the mandarin fish has many fine bones refers to the fact that it contains over 80 of these intermuscular spines.
In fact, last year, Gao Zexia's team at Huazhong Agricultural University bred a boneless Wuchang bream. Interestingly, the boneless chub bream bred this time is based on the same gene as the boneless Wuchang bream bred by Gao Zexia's team. Through precision breeding technology, the major gene was completely knocked out.
The research team will focus on the quality of the meat and the growth status of the fish in the next step.
